Just now, created a new Poetry section to this site. It features homegrown and guest poems of the day. As well as Ovid. Well, actually, just a drawing of Ovid — just for good luck and because he and I are homeboys. Will be showcasing poetic resources in this neckbone of the world, including Vic Burkhammer’s poetry blog, ‘MountainWord.’
October 23, 2008 at 7:39 am
Sharing six of my 9/11 poems that have been simmering for years:
SIX HAIKU
a flock of birds
darkens the sky –
the day disappears
_____
tadpoles growing legs —
soon they will jump
for stars
______
the white bark of a birch tree
peels off in strips –
letters to the earth
______
a butterfly small
as a penny drops
upon an angry man’s back
______
two towers fall,
cruel men stare —
the terrible sound endlessly loops
_______
the wind says
a single prayer
in a hundred languages
September 11, 2008
October 23, 2008 at 7:42 am
And, yes, yes, thanks for hundredmountain, and thanks for the link.
October 24, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Thank you, Vic. I especially like the last one. The definition of pithy. Doug
January 24, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Great read, thanks for putting it up.